The Alleyman returns with THREE brand new decks as one-time printings: the Alleyway Tarot, Oracle of Secrets, and Oracle of Play.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The Alleyway Oracles Funeral | Let us get ready to lay this to rest!
29 days ago
– Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 12:20:54 PM
Hello Alleyfolk,
In May last year, this project went live. I wasn't sure how hungry people would be for a sequel project to the Alleyman's, and realistically, it looks like I was right to be dubious. We raised nearly half the funds, which is incredible (7th most funded on kickstarter!!), but with 1/4 of the people. Most people weren't interested in rejoining our festivities, but those who did were enthusiastic!
We aimed to ship around April, and while we did begin the process then, it's been clear it's been a bumpy road to completion. Delivery truck delays, shipping containers being kept from us for weeks on end, storms, apparently construction at the California warehouse, labor shortages-- it's been slow. We have all seen this for sure. But as of today, all but 2 orders we had to fulfill are fulfilled. These last 2 are the biggest ones we've had, and are just finding methods out to people. There are also 4 or 5 orders that got oracle dice that we ran out of guidebooks in the states for-- but those are arriving literally tomorrow. Our bad!
Now, of course, caveats to that:
Wooden 3-deck boxes are shipping out late this month into September, as has been shared already. This has been known for a bit now.
8" statues-- only 6 are in the states right now, the rest are making it here with the wooden boxes and will go out late this month and early September. I wasn't aware of this one, but now we know.
If you have either of these and are moving/have moved, please let New Titan know: [email protected]
I have also now officially cancelled all orders that didn't get their surveys done. Definitely felt weird to do, but we are a month past the due date to get a survey in, and we had over a year for people to get them done. I sent many reminder emails and some from my own email box directly. All that's left now are some artists who never did their surveys, but I'll get those taken care of personally.
Our New FAQ
When should my order arrive?: Realistically you should all already have your items or tracking. If you have not received it, REACH OUT TO NEW TITAN.
Who to Contact: Please reach out to New Titan, but read the full FAQ so you aren't asking questions already answered when possible! They are getting lots of requests, and that makes their backlog of answering take longer. So be sure your answer isn't below! [email protected]
Carried by the Alleyman Decks: I messaged all carried backers months ago to let them know their 'touched' decks will be coming later still (I dont have the decks in hand to begin the process yet), but they were sent untouched sets to compensate for now in their main order. I'll be messaging directly for touched deck backers, so that won't be talked about in updates. I will ONLY be sending you the touched decks, the other items should all have been sent by New Titan already.
Ordering things you didn't get...? : We will put the remaining items on www.alleymantarot.com when we are done fulfilling. This will be in mid September once boxes and statues are all sent out.
REFUNDS: Refunds were offered until July 16th 2023. No more are/were offered after that no matter the reason.
Damagedor Missing Items, Lost or Misdelivered Packages: You will have until September 10th to report to [email protected] if you need replacement items or have missing items in your order. For packages that go missing, you will have until September 25th to report lost or misdelivered packages to have us resend or follow up on the items.
WHO TO CONTACT?: New Titan is our manufacturer and shipper. Reach out to them please! I can't help with missing or lost packages, tracking information, or things missing items. I'd love to, but I have no access to that information, only New Titan does. So reach out to them at the email below, thank you!
Or if you just wanna say hi and let me know how great the decks are, email at [email protected]!
The Rest of the Year
SEPTEMBER
Like Warm Plastic is my project for Backerkit's Booktopia, launching early September. This is poems from this last three years from my sister's death, transition and detransition, sex, and kink. It's an exploration of identity change and the malleability of our bodies and wants. It means a lot to me, but I also know poetry exists for the 3 people in the center of the Earth who read it, so no big expectations here. Just help me pay for the cover art and a small print run, if you want! : )
OCTOBER
First in October, we will be shipping out the Normal Tarot!
Then, Like Warm Plastic should be heading straight to supporters into November.
Alongside the Hot Housewives Tarot, which I'm working on now into the next year, the other card from the Alleyman's Tarot I wanted to see brought home to its own deck is the Bogeyman in the Misery Tarot! So in November, when Confluence finishes its project, we are going to give it a chance! I have an amazing artist already lined up to take on the illustrative work alongside me as I create the guide and design the deck. It will take its year to come to fruition, like the Hot Housewives deck, and feature a weekly update on the journey for the deck. Then when it's complete, it will get a release alongside the Hot Housewives Tarot for general purchase! If you join us early in November, you'll get cheaper pledge tiers, join us for the deck's creation journey, and cheaper final add-ons that are made for the final release as well!
The Misery Tarot is a dark but kind hand drawing you into the wound of your heart. It's a hard journey through your pain, misery, and trauma, but one with an end in sight. There is a path out, but it is always through. This is an important deck for shadow work, living through your pain, and survival. And I hope you'll join me on it.
Into 2025
The Hot Housewives Tarot, Misery Tarot, and Confluence will all be on their journeys to completion and shipping and full release! But of course, I always have another dozen things on the back burner itching for their chance to fund. Secret Halls, the 2nd season of the Alleyman Podcast, a new Podcast or two (??), The Final Alley Project, New Oracle Dice, and so very many games! I'm also going to be putting out 2nd editions of older games without crowdfunding projects, just updating into the new catalog of Publishing Goblin!
The final percent of packages!
about 1 month ago
– Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 06:47:55 AM
First off, for most questions you might have, such as "who do i contact about a missing item?"and the like: read the previous FAQ update here.
New Titan has been working ceaselessly to get people's packages out. By Friday their job will be finished for 99% of you.
The only thing theyll have left are the big packages, which will wrap up in a few days, but take longer per package, as every one has different packaging needs.
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Please start reaching out to New Titan starting wednesday next week if you havent gotten a package or shipping notification!
Thanks,
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Hurricane Problems | Box updates!
about 2 months ago
– Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 03:10:28 PM
The hurricane that hit Texas did damage to the warehouse down there and took out the power for the last week. As a result, New Titan is asking for 2 more weeks to get things out. They kept trying to get things shipped and sent out but they had to take items to other places that had power and internet to print labels and it was a difficult and much slower process.
This shouldn't affect orders outside of the southern US, but I think it's probably best to just hang tight the next two weeks for those to be confirmed taken care of. The official timeline for you to report when your items are missing or packages are lost is based on when your items are sent, not really a global deadline, so no worries. You will still have time after receiving tracking info to get your emails in to New Titan about missing items or lost packages.
Thank you, AGAIN, for your patience. New Titan is working round the clock to get the items out.
The Boxes
"Foam insert and shipping boxes were made to provide protection for this precious little stuff. Fumigation was done after all boxes are well packed and palletized. Ocean freight was booked and the forwarder has given the shipment to the consolidator but we haven't got any further update yet. We estimate the boxes will arrive in the USA around late August and fulfillment around the end of August to early September."
From the manufacturer's mouth! The boxes are heaving over soon, safe and sound. Reminder, in case you've missed past updates, that the 3-chamber wood boxes are coming separate from your order. : )
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Final Day to Get Surveys In for Wave 2! | Reminders! and FAQ
2 months ago
– Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 04:52:58 PM
Hello Alleyfolk,
Happy July!
I wanted to drop an update before tomorrow to remind people that July 10th, Wednesday, tomorrow, is the LAST DAY to get your survey in. On the 11th, I will export the last people who need shipping costs added to their orders, get shipping charged on those orders over the next week, and then get those last Wave 2 orders handed off to New Titan!
SURVEYS: People who never paid shipping, or who didn't do their survey, should be advised they will only get their items if they pay it or do their survey. You can check to see if you did your survey here.
If you already paid shipping before now, you were in Wave 1. Wave 2 is ONLY for people who never got shipping paid or surveys sent in. At this point its just under 300 folks. If any of the 230 people who haven't done surveys yet do not get them turned in by tomorrow, their orders will be cancelled without refund.(Humorously a bunch of them appear to be artists who never put in their info to get their free decks-- I'll reach out to each of them personally to help them figure that out.) I've sent lots of reminder emails from backerkit and even did some from my own email address, so people have been attempted to be reached for over a year at this point.
FAQ
When should my order arrive?: New Titan, our manufacturer and shipper, said that by July 15th everyone should have their items, or at the very least tracking info in an email. Please check your spam folder for that tracking!
Who to Contact: Please reach out to New Titan, but read the full FAQ so you aren't asking questions already answered when possible! They are getting lots of requests, and that makes their backlog of answering take longer. So be sure your answer isn't below! [email protected]
Ordering things you didn't get...? : We will put the remaining items on www.alleymantarot.com when we are done fulfilling. May be a bit yet as we finish shipping Wave 2 of backer orders.
Candles!!: Some international packages had candles removed from the bag with the key and charms, because we found out we couldnt air ship those. We are looking into fixes still, but you will eventually either get a candle shipped on its own or a small partial refund.
TRACKING?: North American and US orders get those in emails before items reach them. International orders SHOULD get them before the items arrive, but I keep hearing from people that they get the items then the tracking info goes out to them that day or the next day. Not sure why, apologies!
REFUNDS: Refunds were offered until July 16th 2023. No more are offered after that no matter the reason.
Damagedor Missing Items, Lost or Misdelivered Packages: You will have 30 days after your package arrives to you to report to [email protected] if you need replacement items or have missing items in your order. For packages that go missing, you will have 45 days after the item is sent (60 for international packages) to report lost or misdelivered packages to have us resend or follow up on the items. Loosely, this is July 20 to August 15th for US Orders for missing items, and August 10th for International Orders for missing items. Then it's August 25th for US Orders, and August 25th for International Orders for missing packages.
REMINDER: Wooden Boxes are going separately yet, Alleyman's Tarot items shipped separately already, and Hit Point Press's Animated Tarot shipped separately! (You can contact me: [email protected] for animated tarot missing)
WHO TO CONTACT?: New Titan is our manufacturer and shipper. Reach out to them please! I can't help with missing or lost packages, tracking information, or things missing items. I'd love to, but I have no access to that information, only New Titan does. So reach out to them at the email below, thank you!
And I know lots of your international folks have been getting your items! PLEASE, please share your goods! Your first readings! Your box openings! Your reviews! You can tag us on socials in so many places!
Or if you just wanna say hi and let me know how great the decks are, email at [email protected]!
Lots of @PublishingGoblin or @PublishGoblin! I love to see it, and especially on this project it means the world to see it all out there in your hands. These last handful of projects have been very tight financially and I'm working a job to make ends meet since December. So, seeing the art finished, in your hands, means the world and keeps me going with the whole Pub Gob experience.
As always, my other projects are in their pre-order phases and pre-launch phases!
Now is the best time to get Normal Tarot pre-orders in, as I'm about to send in final production numbers and head to manufacturing!
You can grab some Alleyman Pinsets here! These are heading into the mail this coming week and weekend, as I have them in hand and there are fewer than 300 orders to send! So get at the pre-orders now before I lock them!
Gobbo's Birthday | July 15th Wave 1 Date | Some Other Answers!
2 months ago
– Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 09:41:57 AM
Hello Alleyfolk,
It's my birthday, and I'm using it to catch up on work haha.
Who to Contact: Please reach out to New Titan, but read the below info so you aren't asking questions already answered when possible! They are getting lots of requests, and that makes their backlog of answering take longer. So be sure your answer isn't below! [email protected]
Ordering things you didn't get...? : We will put the remaining items on www.alleymantarot.com when we are done fulfilling. So if you missed a booster you wanted, please hold on for a bit. The final date for people to get their surveys in is July 10th, so after that we will ship Wave 2's orders which will be much faster because it's fewer packages. After that we'll put those items up for sale. However, this time we have way fewer extras to go around, so be sure to grab what you want quickly.
Candles!!: Some packages that were going international had candles sent back to us as being a chemical we couldn't ship by air. I thought we were reshipping them another way but it seems air is the best or only way to get things where they're going to those destinations. So we're talking at the moment about whether it's best to refund the candle cost to backers who lost them or ship them through other companies-- they're just purple candles, they aren't any particular specific thing, so we can get them elsewhere nearer you if needed. The real cost in that bag was the bag, charms, and the key, the key in particular was super expensive to get done. I will let people affected know when we figure out the best option, but New Titan is covering the cost on this since it's a lesson learned on shipping!
Final Expected Ship Dates for Wave 1: July 15th
I am very sorry I apparently spoke out of my ass when I said end of June. New Titan told me that the Texas and New Jersey warehouses would have their freight shipments on particular dates that were by the 24th. At the time I thought things were going to be like, 1) Arrives at warehouse, 2) Next day goes in mail, 3) Everyone has things within a week. New Titan did not promise by end of June, I did. So that is my apology.
Things are finally at the Texas warehouse as of today (supposed to have arrived over a week ago!), but the New Jersey warehouse hasn't gotten their freight delivery yet, but expect it tomorrow or the day after. There are batches of common-orders ready to go straight into the mail, but that may take a day or two to get into the mail, then there are complicated orders that had either been mostly packed already (sans an item or two) or that were too complex and need packed from scratch.
We are not the freight company's only customer, and hell, we aren't even New Titan's only customer. That said, July 15th is the date when you can expect to have items in hand or, AT THE LEAST, if yours was one of the complicated pick and pack orders, tracking.
All Rest of World packages have been sent. Australia were sent a bit ago but have taken time to get scanned by local carriers, which I am seeing in the comments is happening now!
We expect 99% of orders to be in people's hands or just a day away by July 15th. There are always unexpected things, candles, lost packages, tricky addresses.
FAQ
As a result, I'm updating the Terms and Conditions deadlines just a little more. So our FAQ:
TRACKING?: North American and US orders get those in emails before items reach them. International orders SHOULD get them before the items arrive, but I keep hearing from people that they get the items then the tracking info goes out to them that day or the next day. Not sure why, apologies!
NO ADDRESS CHANGES FOR WAVE 1: Addresses cannot be updated for Wave 1 (anyone who got their info in and shipping paid prior to mid April.) It's been impossible since April, I'm sorry. I know many moved, but that doesn't change that we can't change the address. We will reship if it bounces. Set up mail forwarding please. Sometimes it works for packages, sometimes it doesn't.
REFUNDS: Refunds were offered until July 16th 2023. No more are offered after that no matter the reason.
SURVEYS: People who never paid shipping, or who didn't do their survey, should be advised they will only get their items if they pay it or do their survey. You can check to see if you did your survey here.
WAVE 2: Wave 2's deadline to get their survey in is still July 10th. I will slowly add shipping and charge it week to week, but am primarily planning to get shipping added and charged after July 10th. You will not be left behind if you get your info in before July 10th but haven't gotten shipping, you'll have a window to get the shipping taken care of after that. Anyone who doesn't get their surveys done by July 10th will have their order canceled without refund on July 11th.
Damagedor Missing Items, Lost or Misdelivered Packages: You will have 30 days after your package arrives to you to report to [email protected] if you need replacement items or have missing items in your order. For packages that go missing, you will have 45 days after the item is sent (60 for international packages) to report lost or misdelivered packages to have us resend or follow up on the items. Loosely, this is July 20 to August 15th for US Orders for missing items, and August 10th for International Orders for missing items. Then it's August 25th for US Orders, and August 25th for International Orders for missing packages.
REMINDER: Wooden Boxes are going separately yet, Alleyman's Tarot items shipped separately already, and Hit Point Press's Animated Tarot shipped separately! (You can contact me: [email protected] for animated tarot missing)
WHO TO CONTACT?: New Titan is our manufacturer and shipper. Reach out to them please! I can't help with missing or lost packages, or things missing items. I'd love to, but I have no ability to. So reach out to them at the email below, thank you!
And I know lots of your international folks have been getting your items! PLEASE, please share your goods! Your first readings! Your box openings! Your reviews! You can tag us on socials in so many places!
Lots of @PublishingGoblin or @PublishGoblin! I love to see it, and especially on this project it means the world to see it all out there in your hands. These last handful of projects have been very tight financially and I'm working a job to make ends meet since December. So, seeing the art finished, in your hands, means the world and keeps me going with the whole Pub Gob experience.
As always, my other projects are in their pre-order phases and pre-launch phases!
Now is the best time to get Normal Tarot pre-orders in, as I'm about to send in final production numbers and head to manufacturing!
You can grab some Alleyman Pinsets here! These are heading into the mail this coming week and weekend, as I have them in hand and there are fewer than 300 orders to send! So get at the pre-orders now before I lock them!
And the Hot Housewives is live, a week into its project, and halfway funded! With your help we will fund, alleviate financial burdens for me so I can work on the project more full-time, and if we can push to the stretch goals, we will add in a really amazing secondary project in the Misery Tarot with Enoch Duncan doing the art! So help us place the Queen of Bombs and the Bogeyman from the original Alleyman's Tarot into their own decks!
It will also let me rest a bit and not run from project to project once this year is over, and that is worth its weight in gold.
And that's all for now once more. Thank you for your patience, shipping in the world takes forever, but everything is (and has been) in motion! I'm going to go get some more work done yet, but I promise to take time for me yet today for my bday!
I'm having a small thing with friends tonight, and I'll take myself out for lunch. And I do see ALL of the comments and messages, I promise. I respond where I can and when I think it's needed, and otherwise I try to answer questions in updates! But I promise I see you all. If you feel I've missed you specifically, drop me an email at [email protected], I always get to those!
